Francesco Grimaldi (
Oppido Lucano, 1543 –
Naples, August 1, 1613) was an Italian
Theatine Order
The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...
priest and architect, working mainly in
Naples.
Among his designs are works for:
*''Covent of the Theatine Order'' (1590) at the church of
Santi Apostoli.
*Church of
Santi Apostoli, which resembles
Sant'Andrea della Valle in
Rome.
*''
Cappella del Tesoro'' (1608) in the
Cathedral of Naples
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*Church of
Santa Maria degli Angioli a Pizzo-Falcone.
*Church of the
Trinità delle Monache.
*Church of the
San Paolo.
*
Sant'Andrea delle Dame, Naples
Sant'Andrea delle Dame was an Augustinian monastery church dedicated to Saint Andrew with associated cloister and monastic buildings in Naples. The monastic buildings later became one of the buildings of the Università degli studi di Napoli and - ...
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1543 births
1613 deaths
Theatines
Architects from Naples
16th-century Italian architects
17th-century Italian architects
People from the Province of Potenza
Italian Renaissance architects